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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Find an appartment on your own. It is expensive, but it is worth it!
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Personal comments
Appartments were too crowded: I lived with five other students in an appartment. All exchange students suffered from a lack of privacy. Not good!
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Since Marquette is not right downtown, it offers just a small amount of pubs and extra-curricular activities. Pubs close at 2 am ! Be sure to check out the typical homeparties! That is were the action is!
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Academic
Course recommendations
Try Telecommunications and be teached by an ex-FBI computer specialist with strange humour!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
For starters, a final week of examinations is too short. Every day an examination demand a lot more preperation than you have. Examinations throughout year were OK though.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
1. Those damn pubs that close so early.
2. The cold wheather in december en january. Even Sweden is nothing compared to it!
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Academic opportunities are great, but on the other hand extra-curricular activities are in short supply.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Be sure to check out Chicago, Illenois. Sixflags the amusent park. Michigan for its snowy hills.
And if you have the opportunity, buy a car and visit the whole USA like I did. West-coast, route 66 and east-coast. Stop by in Canada and Mexico too! I will never forget this and ow, man, do I miss it!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
A word of notice: at that time was the US currency extremely high, so these figures are certainly distorted!
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Overall, Food, Travel, Nightlife, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Let the host university arrange for medical insurance. And pls pls do not pay yourself for the college money. It is insanely high. 20.000 dollars is not the exception, but the rule!
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
American people are one of the most open people I ever met. Superficial maybe, but certainly not all!
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